armstrong if he will rise again and lance armstrong simply said, i don't know. i don't know what's out there. >> ed lavandera in austin, texas, for us. we will see if, indeed, lance armstrong will rise again. thank you. this was an atypical week. another big sports story that had nothing to do with a game, nothing to do with competition. it's this manti todayo story and this fake girlfriend. he says he was duped and had no part in the hoax. he also says he has no real idea why he was targeted. we'll see what happens with that. let's go back to washington where randi kaye is at the national mall. hopefully it's starting to warm up now that the sun is up. 8:06 there in d.c. >> oh, yeah. sun's coming up. the sun is up. we have a nice, big heater about the size of a small car to my left over here. so that certainly helps. they're taking good care of us here on the set at cnn. even as washington prepares for president obama's inauguration, it's also vowing to do everything necessary to protect americans in a harrowing hostage crisis unfolding in algeria. dan rivers i